Question

in a school 5/8 of the students are boys. if there are 240 girls. find the number of boys In the school. please explain properly.​

Answer 1

Solution:

Let the total no. Of students be x.

5x/8 are boys.

That means 1-(5x/8)=3x/8 are girls.

3x/8=240.

Therefore x= 240*8/3= 640 students.

Total number of students is 640.

And there are 240 girls .

So number of boys= 640-240= 400.

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